inundate
verb
[ ˈɪnʌndeɪt ]
• overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
• "we've been inundated with complaints from listeners"
Similar:
overwhelm,
overpower,
overburden,
overrun,
overload,
swamp,
bog down,
besiege,
snow under,
bury,
bombard,
glut,
• flood.
• "the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise"
Similar:
flood,
deluge,
overflow,
overrun,
swamp,
submerge,
engulf,
drown,
immerse,
cover,
saturate,
soak,
drench,
Origin:
late 16th century: (earlier (late Middle English) as inundation ) from Latin inundat- ‘flooded’, from the verb inundare, from in- ‘into, upon’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’).
